Control of rotor geometry and aerodynamics: Retractable blades and advanced concepts

Wind Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-26

  McCoy, Timothy J ^a   Griffin, Dayton A ^a  

^a Global Energy Concepts LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CONTROL; AERODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; BLADE PITCH; CONTROL ALGORITHMS; COST BENEFITS; COST MODELING; MULTI-OUTPUT; MULTIINPUT; RESPONSE TIME; ROTOR BLADES; TURBINE DESIGNS; VARIABLE SPEED; WIND TURBINE LOADS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGINES; HELICOPTER ROTORS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; ALGORITHM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 67649983952     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/030952408784305903     Document Type: Article

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